JILL vs. GCO, TTSH, PBPB, LOCO, NEGG, GENK, NATH, SFIX, BRLT, and QRTEA
Should you be buying J.Jill stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J.Jill include Genesco (GCO), Tile Shop (TTSH), Potbelly (PBPB), El Pollo Loco (LOCO), Newegg Commerce (NEGG), GEN Restaurant Group (GENK), Nathan's Famous (NATH), Stitch Fix (SFIX), Brilliant Earth Group (BRLT), and Qurate Retail (QRTEA). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Genesco (NYSE:GCO) and J.Jill (NYSE:JILL) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
J.Jill has a net margin of 6.00% compared to J.Jill's net margin of -0.72%. Genesco's return on equity of 194.65% beat J.Jill's return on equity.
94.5% of Genesco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.7% of J.Jill shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of Genesco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of J.Jill shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Genesco received 232 more outperform votes than J.Jill when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.54% of users gave J.Jill an outperform vote while only 57.12% of users gave Genesco an outperform vote.
J.Jill has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Genesco. Genesco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than J.Jill, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, J.Jill had 23 more articles in the media than Genesco. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for J.Jill and 4 mentions for Genesco. Genesco's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat J.Jill's score of 0.37 indicating that J.Jill is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Genesco currently has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.69%. J.Jill has a consensus price target of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.33%. Given Genesco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe J.Jill is more favorable than Genesco.
Genesco has a beta of 2.29, indicating that its share price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J.Jill has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
J.Jill beats Genesco on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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